Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 253, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 October 1913 — Drove Team of Jennies and Led Shod Cow from Tennessee. [ARTICLE]

Drove Team of Jennies and Led Shod Cow from Tennessee.

Carroll County Citizen-Times. C. M. Meyers and mother have moved from Napier, Tenn., to Yeoman lor future residence. Meyers, accompanied by Bennie Cantrell, dorve through from Tennessee, leading a cow. They had a covered wagon, drawn by jennies and the cow was shod preparatory to making the long trip. The overland journey took twelve weeks, although only half of that time was spent in actual travel. The men worked about six weeks along the way. Through Kentucky, the temperature ranged from 108 degrees to 112 and they could only drive about ten miles a day. On account of the drought, for several days it was impossible to get hay, and the cow suffered from the want of It. But the jennies proved themselves invaluable as travelers by thriving on mullen weeds and the like, and not suffering in the least from the intense heat. The cow, shod as it was, attracted attention In every town through which they passed. Meyers left his brothre, Oliver, at Napier, but as soon as Oliver gets his crops of sweet and Irish potatoes and peanuts harvested he Is going to drive through to Texas. The Meyers lost everything last year when their home burned down and they have returned to Carroll county to retrieve their fortunes. They still own land in Tennessee.